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Social media sites understand they are going to be used as a marketing tool. They are designed to accommodate marketing.

According to USFDA, a combination product is one composed of any combination of a drug and device; biological product and device; drug and biological product

Some users may bemoan the notion that a social media site has to be subjected to blatant marketing tactics and I do admit

; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug.

Examples of combination products may in

they can be annoying, yet it is this format that the world’s twenty-somethings are gravitating to.

This is a marketplace

lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together.

of ideas, random thoughts and fun links in an environment that is in so many ways ‘connected’ in a style that is often d

here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe

fined as web 2.0 – the next generation of media sites.

If you spend any amount of time on a site like MySpace, FaceBook,

d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations.

Combination pro

Digg or other similar social media sites you begin to see how creative businesses have found a way to carve out a piece

ucts have become life saving products for the pharmaceutical companies who doesn’t have many innovative molecules in their product pipeline and have been inc

f the marketing pie. There are millions of ideas, products and services to promote and you can find them all on social me

easingly used in the product life cycle management. Even the companies having product patents are trying to extend their product life cycle through the combi

dia networks.

In some ways what has just been described may be thought of as more like a community garage sale or flea m

nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically

rket, but site members can be choosey about why they allow to communicate with them.

What this means is that in most cas

and physically. They need to rightly judge the benefits of the combination products and they have to even look at the risks involved when combining the produ

es site members can block individuals from commenting on their website. Some sites even allow you to ban certain individu

ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi

ls from visiting your site while others allow you to develop your presence as a private ‘by-invitation-only’ page.

If so

ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it.

Following aspects would a

meone visits your site and is very blatant about marketing their site without any real indication they are interested in

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod

he page owner it may make sense to remove them from a list of friends. If they return with more blatant advertising they

cts are meaningful and rational?
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin

can be banned from visiting the page in the future.

There are some individuals who have no problem allowing others to po

tions increase the patient compliance?
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen

t blatant marketing material on their pages while others view the practice as a relative of spamming.

In essence you can

t?

As combination products don't fit into the traditional categories of drugs, medical devices, or biological products, the USFDA is in the process of devel

configure most social media sites to react to others the way you want them to. In many cases you can remove friends at w

ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality.

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

ll and you can invite friends at will.

You should not be surprised when members who are blatantly marketing their produc

y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products

ts ask you to add them to your list of contacts. Remember, you do not have to accept their request.

If you are a busines

.

As there is an increasing trend of the combination products companies manufacturing such products should be able to tackle the problems involved in the de

owner looking to use social media to connect with an organic audience just remember you are being watched so make sure y

elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

ou contribute to the pages you visit and allow others to see you as a friend – not the cyber equivalent of a telemarketer

tion in industry events and feedback to regulatory authorities would be able to face the challenges and will be successful in developing combination products

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